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| <p> Cant, Andrew (2), </p> <p> a Scotch clergyman, was promoted from regent at Marischal College, Aberdeen; called to Newbattle in 1657, but declined; admitted to the living at Liberton in 1659; and transferred to [[Trinity]] College Church, Edinburgh, in 1673. In 1674 a complaint was made to the privy council that his carriage and expressions were insolent," and the bishop was ordered by the king to remove him back to Liberton; he was reproved and removed to the High Church, Edinburgh, in 1675, holding in conjunction the principalship of the university, elected thereto by the town council. He died Dec. 4, 1685. He was an eminent and solid preacher. He published three works in Latin. See [[Fasti]] Eccles. Scoticance, i, 27, 32, 115. </p> | | <p> A Scotch Presbyterian minister, who had an equal zeal for the Scotch covenant and the cause of [[Charles]] Stuart (1610-1664). A son of his was [[Principal]] of [[Edinburgh]] University from 1675 to 1685. </p> |
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| <ref name="term_30143"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cant,+andrew+(2) Andrew Cant from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | | <ref name="term_70294"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cant,+andrew Andrew Cant from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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Andrew Cant [1]
A Scotch Presbyterian minister, who had an equal zeal for the Scotch covenant and the cause of Charles Stuart (1610-1664). A son of his was Principal of Edinburgh University from 1675 to 1685.
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